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Old 02-18-2008, 08:21 PM
Mark Hill
 
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Default Re: X-Windows/Motif/GTK

On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 15:38:20 -0000,
Mr Balloon <mrballoon@aol.com> wrote:
>
> Out of interest, what is the pronunciation for 'Qt'.. A softer sounding
> 'cutey' or a more harsh 'Q. T.'? (Just because I heard someone the other
> day refer to 'Tcl' as tickle, where I'd always pronounced it 'T. C. L.')


I'm not sure about Qt pronunciation, (although I go for the harsh
version), but Tcl is generally pronounced as tickle. From
<http://www.faqs.org/faqs/tcl-faq/part1/>:

#v+
Tcl [...] stands for ``tool command language'' and is pronounced
``tickle.''
#v-


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